A Super Feast

A crock pot is the perfect Game Day Recipe Device

I don't know what your favorite part of the super bowl is, but mine is experimenting with new game day appetizer/main recipes.  This is especially true during a year like this year where I could care less who won.  The Harborough-bowl...really?  Gag me with a spoon please.  So, instead of spending hours dissecting the match-up between the two teams on ESPN, I found myself spending hours trolling various recipe sites looking for the perfect game day recipe.

An affective assembly line process was developed

After agonizing about it, I decided to do one veggie dish and one meat dish.  So I went with antipasta skewers with a pesto dip (http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/antipasto-skewers-with-pesto-dip-10000001875524/), as well as greek beef bites with a yogurt dip (
http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/slow-cooker-greek-beef-bites-recipe/1/ ).

Verdict?  The skewers were a hit.  My bf's reaction upon seeing how many of them was, "Wow, that's a lot of food."  In a tone clearly indicating that many would be left over and you know, there's starving kids in Africa and all that.  I had to remind him that there is something novel called a fridge that allows me to save the leftovers to have the next day.  But wouldn't you know it, the crazy invention called a fridge wasn't necessary.  Within five minutes we had dominated the entire plate.  Like easily 10 each.  And could have easily done more.  So trust me, if you bring these to a party, they will do your proud.   And they were super easy to make! 

The beef bites...ya not that great.  I love the crock pot.  Like honestly the best Christmas gift I've ever gotten as you can put together dinners that will make you look like an absolute star in the kitchen.  This though, wasn't a great crock pot recipe.  Though the flavor of the beef was great, the crock pot made the beef feel little bit overcooked and tough.  Would probably have been better to just saute the beef then dip it into the yogurt sauce, which was pretty good.

Still, all in all it was a great football feast.  Finger foods and football just go together.  And the best part? Bought 40's of the beers we wanted so we can pour the beer into these sweet beer glasses I got for Xmas.  There's something that drinking from a glass instead of a bottle just gives you.  And I wanted that bar-like feel at home...and managed to get it.  Overall, was a great Super Bowl and a Super Feast!